Hikaru Ono


Hikaru Ono is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Asian Karate Championships.

Career

She won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Federation's 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States, losing out to Sandra Sánchez.
After winning gold in the 2023 Karate 1-Premier League Dublin, she was awarded the league's title of "Grand Winner" in women's kata for 2023. In October 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2011Asian ChampionshipsQuanzhou, China2ndKumite 50kg
2011Asian ChampionshipsQuanzhou, China2ndTeam kumite
2012Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan2ndKumite 50kg
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria1stTeam kata
2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates2ndIndividual kata
2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan1stIndividual kata
2022World GamesBirmingham, United States2ndIndividual kata
2022Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan1stIndividual kata
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stIndividual kata